Sandra Dallas

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Award-winning author SANDRA DALLAS was dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley, in Vogue Magazine. Sandra’s novels with their themes of loyalty, friendship, and human dignity have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and have been optioned for films.

A journalism graduate of the University of Denver, Sandra began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week. A staff member for twenty-five years (and the magazine’s first female bureau chief,) she covered the Rocky Mountain region, writing about everything from penny-stock scandals to hard-rock mining, western energy development to contemporary polygamy. Many of her experiences have been incorporated into her novels.

While a reporter, she began writing the firs...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 35,324 ratings · 6,510 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Persian Pickle Club 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 7,839 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prayers for Sale 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 7,635 ratings — published 1997 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tallgrass 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 4,513 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diary of Mattie Spenser 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 3,961 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice's Tulips 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,860 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiter Than Snow 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,672 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chili Queen 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 1,551 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Sisters 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,263 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bride's House 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 1,457 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buster Midnight's Cafe 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,221 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You know what a storyteller is, don't you? It's a person that has a good memory who hopes other people don't.”
― Sandra Dallas

tags: storytellers, storytelling

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“After all, a woman didn't leave much behind in the world to show she'd been there. Even the children she bore and raised got their father's name. But her quilts, now that was something she could pass on.”
― Sandra Dallas

tags: crafts, quilting, quilts, sewing, women

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“When it's raining pudding, hold up your bowl.”
― Sandra Dallas, Prayers for Sale

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